Cerha Hempel

Corporate/M&A

Sergei Makarchuk Of counsel, specialised in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, IP & Unfair Competition, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Antitrust & Competition, Compliance & Investigations.

Admitted 2001, (Attorney at Law), Belarus Sergei was admitted to the Bar in Belarus in 2001 and is practicing law since 1998. Sergei has 20 years’ extensive experience in corporate, commercial, competition law, mergers & acquisitions, IT, and intellectual property law. His portfolio includes, for example, advising clients in the following sectors: telecom (A1 Telekom Austria), banking & finance (American Express, Raiffeisen Bank International, Deutsche Bank), oil & gas (Shell, Chevron, Lukoil), automotive (John Deere, Chrysler, Chevrolet), hotel (Marriott, Wyndham), technology (HP, Expedia, Uber), fashion (Salvatore Ferragamo, Furla), beverage (Moet Hennessy, Monster Energy, SAB Miller), and pharmaceutical (Fresenius Medical Care, Wyeth, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Boehringer Ingelheim).​ Sergei held a trainee position at Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, USA (2005), and a Advocate position at a sole practice at Grodno, Belarus (2001-2007).

Russian, English, Polish

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The University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 2005);  Worldwide Academy of World Intellectual Property Organization (Certificate, 2003);  Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Faculty of Law (LL.B., honors, 1999).